Laurie R. King is the New York Times bestselling author of 30 novels and other works, including the Mary Russell-Sherlock Holmes stories (The Beekeeper’s Apprentice was chosen as one of the “20th Century’s Best Crime Novels” by the IMBA.) She has won the Agatha, Anthony, Creasey, Edgar, Lambda, Macavity, Wolfe, and Romantic Times Career Achievement awards, has an honorary doctorate in theology, and is a Baker Street Irregular. In 2022, she was named Grand Master by Mystery Writers of America. She co-edited (with Lee Child) the new handbook from Mystery Writers of America, How to Write a Mystery, and has a new contemporary series with SFPD Inspector Raquel Laing, beginning with Back to the Garden.
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Awards
- A Grave Talent: Edgar Award for best first novel from the Mystery Writers of America; John Creasey award from the Crime Writers’ Association (Britain); nominated for Macavity and Anthony awards.
- The Beekeeper’s Apprentice: nominated for the Agatha best novel award; Notable Young Adult book and Outstanding Book for the College Bound from the American Library Association; the 100 Favorite Mysteries of the Twentieth Century from the Independent Mystery Booksellers Association
- A Monstrous Regiment of Women: The Nero Wolfe award, best novel.
- With Child: nominated for the Edgar best novel award and the Orange Award, UK.
- Folly: Macavity award from Mystery Readers International.
- “Paleta Man” (from Irreconcilable Differences): nominated for Edgar best short story award.
- The Art of Detection: LAMBDA Literary Award for Best Lesbian Mystery.
- Anthony Award for Best Anthology for In the Company of Sherlock Holmes, with Leslie S. Klinger
- Agatha Award for Dreaming Spies (2016)
- Nonfiction Agatha, Macavity, and Anthony Awards for How to Write a Mystery, co-edited with Lee Child (2021)
Author Awards
- Honorary doctorate from the Church Divinity School of the Pacific, 1997.
- Gail Rich Award for the Arts, 1998.
- Guest of Honor, Left Coast Crime XII, 2001.
- Artist of the Year, Santa Cruz County, 2006.
- Jack Reacher Award, BoucherCon, 2008.
- Inducted into the Baker Street Irregulars as “The Red Circle,” 2010.
- US Guest of Honor, Bouchercon 2010.
- UC Santa Cruz 45+5 Prominent and Influential Alumni
- US Guest of Honor, Malice Domestic 2013.
- Career Achievement Award for Historical Mystery, Romantic TimesMagazine, 2005.
- Toastmaster, Left Coast Crime, 2017
- Grand Master Award, Mystery Writers of America, 2022